Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ACAD) is -47.97% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $14.15 and a high of $32.59 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The ACAD stock was last observed hovering at around $16.21 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.08%.
Currently trading at $16.29, the stock is -0.78% and 4.31% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.94 million and changing 0.49% at the moment leaves the stock -4.74% off its SMA200. ACAD registered -26.92% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of 8.60%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $15.617 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $17.10055.
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The stock witnessed a 10.52% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -0.18%, and is 0.12% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.34% over the week and 4.05% over the month.
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD) has around 598 employees, a market worth around $2.72B and $929.24M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 21.09 and Fwd P/E is 21.36. Profit margin for the company is 13.83%. Distance from 52-week low is 15.12% and -50.02% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (20.81%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 296.71% this year
355.0 institutions hold shares in Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD), with institutional investors hold 97.63% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 164.65M, and float is at 164.29M with Short Float at 6.24%. Institutions hold 97.09% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BAKER BROS. ADVISORS LP with over 42.88 million shares valued at $696.77 million. The investor’s holdings represent 26.0185 of the ACAD Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 13.71 million shares valued at $222.82 million to account for 8.3206 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are RTW INVESTMENTS, LP which holds 13.71 million shares representing 8.3178 and valued at over $222.75 million, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 7.3194 of the shares totaling 12.06 million with a market value of $196.01 million.
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Teehan Brendan, the company’s EVP, COO, HEAD OF COMMERCIAL. SEC filings show that Teehan Brendan sold 10,329 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 19 ’24 at a price of $16.81 per share for a total of $0.17 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 62105.0 shares.
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 19 ’24 that Kihara James (PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER) sold a total of 4,073 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 19 ’24 and was made at $16.81 per share for $68467.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 19863.0 shares of the ACAD stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 19 ’24, Schneyer Mark C. (EVP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER) disposed off 10,259 shares at an average price of $16.81 for $0.17 million. The insider now directly holds 53,302 shares of Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD).
